M.Sc. Nicolas Graber

Nicolas Graber received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ulm in 2021 and 2024, respectively. For his bachelor thesis and as a student research assistant, he worked on neural interfaces and high-speed delta-sigma ADCs. For his master thesis, he designed and implemented an artifact-tolerant neural recording front-end with direct analog-to-digital conversion.

From April to September 2023, he worked as an analog design intern in the analog and mixed-signal department at Qualcomm Technologies Inc. (Cork, Ireland). In August 2024, he joined the Institute of Microelectronics to pursue his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Maurits Ortmanns. His current research interest is in the field of artifact-tolerant neural recording.

 

Student theses

[mt] = Master thesis, [rp] = Bachelor thesis

Current theses

  • Ilona Roch
    Development of a Graphical User Interface for a Wireless Neuromodulation System [rp]
  • Lena Barth
    Development of a Central Communication Hub for a Wireless Neural Recording System [rp]
  • Nick Hertsch
    Development of a Performant FPGA-Based ADC Measurement Setup with Live Data Transmission [rp]


Publications

2025

5.
M. Sporer, D. Fritschi, N. Graber, S. Reich and M. Ortmanns, "A Wireless Headstage Based on a 32-Channel Neuromodulator Integrated Circuit", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), London, United Kingdom, May 2025.
DOI:10.1109/ISCAS56072.2025.11043699

2024

4.
M. Sporer, N. Graber, M. Mayer, S. Reich, T. Stieglitz and M. Ortmanns, "An ultra-miniaturized Neural Recording μASIC for the NeuroBus Implant", IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Xi'an, China, pp. 1-5, Dec. 2024.
DOI:10.1109/BioCAS61083.2024.10798303
3.
M. Sporer, I. -. Vasilaș, A. Adžemović, N. Graber, S. Reich, C. Gueli, M. Eickenscheidt, I. Diester, T. Stieglitz and M. Ortmanns, "NeuroBus - Architecture for an Ultra-Flexible Neural Interface", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems ( Early Access ), Pages: 1 - 16, Jan. 2024.
DOI:10.1109/TBCAS.2024.3354785

2023

2.
M. Sporer, N. Graber, S. Reich, C. Gueli, J. Becker, T. Stieglitz and M. Ortmanns, "NeuroBus – Architecture and Communication Bus for an Ultra-Flexible Neural Interface", IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Monterey, CA, USA, May 2023.
DOI:10.1109/ISCAS46773.2023.10181816

2021

1.
M. Sporer, N. Graber, S. Moll, S. Reich and M. Ortmanns, "Implementation of a Low Power Decimation Filter in a 180 nm HV-CMOS Technology for a Neural Recording Front-End", SMACD / PRIME 2021; International Conference on SMACD and 16th Conference on PRIME, pp. 1-4., Jul. 2021.

Research Assistent

Nicolas Graber